SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - At a special swearing in ceremony held Aug. 26, Mayor Matthew P. Anesh officially named Katherine E. Howes as municipal court judge for the borough of South Plainfield. Howes, who applied to fill the remaining two-plus years left on Spencer Robbins’ unexpired term, will bring to South Plainfield more than 20 years of private law and judicial experience.

After earning her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University’s Edmund E. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Howes spent seven years working in international marketing and financial services while working toward her Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University’s School of Law. She began her judicial career in 1989 when she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward W. Beglin, A.J.S.C. in Union County’s Superior Court. Howes started a private law practice in 1991 and a year later formed Howes & Howes with her husband, W. Timothy Howes. The general practice firm with an emphasis on family law is located on Anderson Street in Raritan.

Fluent in Spanish and French, she was one of the first municipal court judge to speak Spanish from the bench when she served as municipal court judge for Raritan Borough from 1991 to 1996. The following year until 2000 she served as municipal public defender for Peapack-Gladstone, Bernardsville and Far Hills and, from 1999 to 2000, filled in for her husband as an associate township prosecutor for Mercer County’s Washington Township (Robbinsville).

In January 2001, Howes was appointed to her first of four consecutive one-year terms as prosecutor for Somerset County’s Borough of Far Hills. She served on the Borough of Peapack and Gladstone’s Land Use Board from 2007 to 2010, resigning in 2010 when she was elected to the borough’s council. In January 2012, Howes was sworn in as municipal court judge of Bound Brook Borough and is currently serving the last year of the three-year term.

Howes has been an active member of Somerset County Superior Court’s Early Settlement Panel since 2002, a trained mediator with the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators since 2007 and a trained collaborative lawyer with the Collaborative Law Institute of Minnesota since 2009. She is a past chair of the District XIII Attorney Fee Arbitration Committee and a past member of the District XII Attorney Ethics Board. She has also served as treasurer of the Somerset County Family Law Inns of Court and was a court-appointed economic mediator for the Somerset County Superior Court. Additionally, Howes served on the Board of Directors of Anderson House in Readington and, in 2011, was named ‘Outstanding Woman of the Year in Law’ by the Somerset County Commission the Status of Women. Howes will be South Plainfield’s first female municipal court judge.

“Judge Howes will bring keen insight and a wealth of judicial experience to the South Plainfield Municipal Court,” said Anesh. “She will serve the public well.”

End the growing season with an extra burst of color and nutrition with a few fall containers. A pot of mums or asters can add color to your front steps and a container filled with kale and greens adds fresh flavor to your fall meals. But don’t stop there. Create attractive potted gardens by combining asters, mums, grasses, cool weather edibles and other fall beauties.

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End the growing season with an extra burst of color and nutrition with a few fall containers. A pot ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - A new major in music performance and technology was introduced as 2,200 students returned to classes Sept. 5 on the five campuses of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools.

The new music major on the East Brunswick Campus will be part of the School of the Arts, which also includes programs in theater, dance, arts technology, digital film, graphic ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - A new major in music performance and technology was introduced as 2,200 ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The Scotch Plains Downtown Redevelopment Committee reviewed and voted to approve the Snuffy's/Pantagis property redevelopment plan at its Wednesday, Sept. 11, meeting at the Municipal Building. The committee was assigned by the Scotch Plains Council to develop a draft plan that has to be adopted by ordinance that will change the zoning on the the Snuffy's site. The committee ...

The South Plainfield Amateur Radio Club will be offering AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE STUDY CLASSES for the FCC amateur radio TECHNICIAN CLASS license. This class will consist of 8 weeks with one day each week in class and

Home study between classes.

Classes will be held at the CERT meeting room in the SOUTH PLAINFIELD COMMUNITY POLICE STATION located at the corner of New Market Ave. and ...

The South Plainfield Amateur Radio Club will be offering AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE STUDY CLASSES for ...

SOUTH PLANFIELD, NJ – With the 2019-2020 school year under way, Dr. Robert Goman is settling into his position as principal of Roosevelt Elementary.

“I am impressed with how well things run here,” said Goman, who took over in July after Robert Diehl was appointed interim principal of South Plainfield High School. “I am impressed with all the systems Mr. Diehl had in place and how well the ...

SOUTH PLANFIELD, NJ – With the 2019-2020 school year under way, Dr. Robert Goman is settling into ...

TRENTON, NJ – Two New Jersey Lottery tickets sold that matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn for the Wednesday, Sept. 11 drawing winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. The winning tickets from Wednesday night’s drawing were sold at the following locations:

NEW JERSEY - The calendar says September and pumpkin spice is back, which means fall is right around the corner. Before heading out to get those Halloween pumpkins be sure to plan an outing to go apple picking. The Garden State is home to an abundance of apple orchards and grows 30 different varieties of the popular fruit. Many of New Jersey's apple orchards celebrate apples with an array of ...

NEW JERSEY - The calendar says September and pumpkin spice is back, which means fall is right ...

South Plainfield, N.J. – A South Plainfield resident was arrested on child pornography charges following an investigation by the South Plainfield Police Department, Middlesex County Prosecutors Office and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Jonathan Garcia, 28, was arrested Monday, September 9th, 2019 after police received a cybertip causing a police investigation that uncovered digital child ...

South Plainfield, N.J. – A South Plainfield resident was arrested on child pornography charges ...

SOUTHPLAINFIELD, NJ – “Residents deserve smaller, more efficient government,” Mayor Matthew Anesh said this week when talking about his team’s plan to keep South Plainfield more affordable. “This means doing more with less and constantly finding ways to do better.”

“Melanie Mott and Pete Smith have the work ethic and drive that will bring value to our team. They are independent thinkers that ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Fall is just right around the corner and at KC’s Korner – The Norman House that means football with various food and drink specials planned throughout the 2019-2020 season.

“At KC’s, we are ready for some football,” said Walter Kurilew, a lifelong resident of South Plainfield who in December will celebrate 36 years as owner of the Oak Tree Avenue establishment. “We have ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Fall is just right around the corner and at KC’s Korner – The Norman House ...